Transcript Experience of S3 priority setting of West Region Romania

Experience of S3 priority setting
of West Region Romania
Chișinău,
19.02.2016
“Research is the transformation of
money into KNOWLEDGE.
Innovation is the transformation of
knowledge into MONEY.”
Dr. Geoffrey Nicholson,
former Vice-President of 3M International
West Region Romania
Overview
WEST REGION – OVERVIEW
Region West is
traditionally a part
of Central Europe
Distances:
Budapest – 330 km
Belgrade – 160 km
Vienna – 570 km
Munich – 1020 km
Brussels – 1700 km
Rome – 1560 km
Stuttgart – 1250 km
WEST REGION – OVERVIEW
4 counties
Surface: 32.034 sqm
Population:
1.894.437
Graduates: 13.410
Enrolled students:
49.449
Regional GDP 59%
from EU 28 average
GDP: 12, 34 bil. Euro
SMEs: 50.048
Tourist: 541.808
ILO Unemployment
Rate : 4,1%
WEST REGION – OVERVIEW
• Major economic sectors: automotive components, ITC &
electronics, manufacturing, agro-food, construction, tourism
• First town in Europe that introduced street lighting (Timisoara,
1857)
• First railway steam engine built in Reşiţa (1872)
• First Romanian PC built at the Politehnica University in
Timisoara (1969)
WEST REGION –
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
Regional Economy
• growing region; traditional industrial area; business locations;
clustering
Strategic location
•border area; TEN T Network; international airports
High Quality of Human Resources
•young; good coverage of all qualification levels; diversity and
multiculturality
Quality of Life
•good cost of living; tourism; unique natural elements; rich
natural resources
Advanced Services
•Costumers services; Headquarter for multinational company
West Region Romania
Experience in
Regional Innovation Strategies
REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGY
IN WEST REGION
First Romanian Region that developed RIS 2005 -2008
Priorities set up after 2 years of consultation and debate:
- 900 questionaires to SMSs
- 50 interviews to research units
- 25 tehnologic audits
International Partener: Tehnological Institute Aragon
International Consultant: Infyde, Basque Country
Pillot projects from RIS 2005-2008: Tehimpuls,
Automotivest, international projects: Before, Mitke
REGIONAL INNOVATION AND
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CENTRE
• Pilot project of the Regional Innovation Strategy
• Legally founded in September 2006
Objective
Stimulate the regional economy
and enhancing the
competitiveness capacity
of the regional enterprises
through promotion of innovation
and technological development
REGIONAL INNOVATION AND
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CENTRE
Achievements:
• Technology transfers
• Over 90 RTDI products/services /technologies promoted on
www.tehimpuls.ro
• Over 60 audits to companies
• 25 innovation vouchers
• 2 brokerage events
• Training sessions delivered Innovation Management,
Intellectual
Property
Management,
Management
of
Investments
• Regional Innovation Fair 2013, 2014, 2015
REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGY
IN WEST REGION
2009 -2013 – Second RIS for West Region
All along the RIS process…
•50 companies are partners in the clustering activity
•300 interviews with companies – automotive and IT&C
sector studies
•35 technology audits to companies
•20 vouchers granted to companies
•244 companies financed from EC (Phare) and 125
companies from ERDF
(ROP 2007-2013)
Pillot projects from RIS 2009-2013: Regional ICT Cluster,
Automotive Competences Center, international projects:
Fresh, Prosesc, Co2Free
S3 in
West Region Romania
WHERE DOES WEST ROMANIA STAND
IN TERMS OF INNOVATION?
"One-size-fits-all"
is impossible!
… BUT every
region has some
asset that can
make it
SPECIAL …
PROCESS
Published on the internet web page
Addresses / meetings
West Region
Innovation
Strategy
Public
Consultation
Internal
Analyse of
Economic
Structure
RIS3
First Draft of
RIS 3
Consultation with the
Regional stakeholders
•Actors of knowledge
•Investors
•Private Enterprises
Regional
Economic
Specialisation
Study on smart
specialisation
Surveys / interviews /
meetings with Regional
stakeholders
• RTDI actors
• Private Enterprises
• Public entities
15
RIS 3 GENERAL OBJECTIVE
By investing in R&I, West Region will become:
•
more productive - based on labor efficiency and a high
level of innovation;
•
dynamic - attract and capitalization skills, ideas and
capital;
•
permanently up to date - following adding value to the
product and process.
PRIORITIES
A) Sectorial priorities:
AUTOMOTIVE, IT&C, TEXTILE, AGRO-FOOD
1) Innovation, R&D & Creativity
1) Skills, business growth and internationalization
1) Economic infrastructure
PRIORITIES
B) Horizontal priorities:
SUPPLY, DEMAND, INTERMEDIARIES AND FINANCIERS
FROM R&I
1) Basic support services (Investment readiness scheme,
Proof of concept, Innovation Business Plan competition,
Coaching)
1) Support infrastructure (Fab Labs, Open Innovation
Platform / “Open Labs”, Makers eco-system)
1) Advanced services (innovation management,
Commercialization of research results, Vouchers,
Entrepreneurs Club, Business Angels)
Case Study:
Specialisation in Automotive Industry
West Region Romania
AUTOMOTIVE
AT
-
243
-
THE
companies:
-
INDUSTRY
GLANCE:
106
with
foreign
64.072
turnover:
4,7
capital
employees
billion
Euro
- labour productivity: 73.000 euro / employee / year
-
return
of
export:
investment:
2,28
316,74
million
billion
euro
Euro
- multinational companies, regional cluster, competence center
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
FOCUS
• Completing the value chain (finding suppliers, clients, raw
materials) in order to reduce costs, increase efficiency and
reduce delivery time
REASON
• Use of local raw material
• Local proven competence
• Links with related industries (e.g. IT&C, manufacturing)
• Partnership with universities and research centers
• National policy promoting automotive sector
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
IMPACT ON THE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT MODEL
• Diversification
OBJECTIVES
• To strengthen automotive component industry in West
Region, from both national and multinational companies,
in terms of competences, products and clustering effect
• To encourage the cooperation between the players in
automotive components industry and make it a source of
growth & exports
CONCLUSION
S3 is a process … and a journey ….
FROM:
TO:

Institutional differences
 Cohesion

Small visions
 Integrated vision

Never ending
neggociations
 Increasing competitivness
 Development

Hanging problems
Projects
THANK YOU !
Adrian MARICIUC
Head of Department for Regional Planning and Urban Development
WEST REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY ROMANIA
5, Proclamatia de la Timisoara st., 300054, Timisoara, Romania
Tel. +40 256 491923; Fax. + 40 256 491981
E-mail: [email protected]
www.adrvest.ro
www.westregion.ro
www.automotivest.ro
www.tehimpuls.ro